Musician, singer, and songwriter A.A. Williams— known for her stunning, atmospheric, emotionally charged music— returns with a new single “Hold It Together” taken from her forthcoming album Solstice, set for release June 5th via RPM (pre-orders for the album to follow on April 22nd).
“Hold It Together” explores the fragile tension between resilience and internal collapse. With her characteristic blend of haunting atmosphere, immersive sound and emotional intensity, the London-based artist captures the experience of carrying deep feeling while presenting calm on the surface.
Speaking of the song, A.A. Williams explains: “Silence exists where you long for answers, a bleak fragility that you daren’t disturb. Where beauty stood only the faintest glow remains, afraid of smothering it you shrink into a mould of your own making. Your edges dulled, your features disappearing, you put on that brave face not knowing whether you do it to protect others or yourself. You smile, you carry on, feeling everything, showing nothing.”
“Hold It Together” unfolds with quiet intensity, balancing vulnerability and restraint while drawing listeners into its immersive and emotionally rich soundscape.
Solstice finds A.A. Williams standing at the threshold between shadow and renewal, shaping songs that feel carved from storms and starlight. Known for her haunting vocals, cinematic dynamics and emotional clarity, Williams expands her sonic world with music that moves like a ritual through shifting seasons. Moments of stark intimacy open into surging crescendos as guitars swell and crash like gathering weather, anchored by a formidable sense of weight and scale. Strings glow with fragile warmth before giving way to waves of heavy distortion and all-encompassing catharsis, while her voice rises from quiet confession to commanding intensity.
Drawn from years of global touring, acclaimed collaborations and boundary-pushing reinterpretations, Solstice ca
About A.A. Williams:
Making her debut live appearance at the prestigious Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands off the back of a self-titled EP, A.A. Williams has since toured across the globe with the likes of Cult of Luna, Explosions in the Sky, Russian Circles, Sleep Token and The Sisters of Mercy, as well as establishing herself as a headline artist— including a show at the iconic Queen Elizabeth Hall inside London’s Southbank Centre.
Standout festival appearances have dovetailed with two album releases— 2020’s Forever Blue and 2022’s As The Moon Rests— both of which received widespread critical acclaim and placed A.A. Williams at the forefront of a wave of artists taking textured, epic and folk-rooted heavy music into new and progressive directions. A BBC session at the legendary Maida Vale Studios only bolstered her credentials.
Never one to rest on her laurels, she has also released a series of “companion pieces”: a collaborative single with Japanese post-rock titans MONO (“Exit In Darkness“); a solo covers collection recorded during 2020’s pandemic lockdown— Songs From Isolation— that drew praise from The Cure’s Robert Smith and Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan; and perhaps most impressively, 2021’s arco, in which the multi-instrumentalist completely reworked her debut EP from rock instrumentation to string ensemble, drawing on her classical training to stunning effect.
Now signed to Reigning Phoenix Music, the singles “Just A Shadow” and “Wolves“— the first taste of forthcoming album Solstice, June 5th, 2026— have already turned heads, with Rock Sound calling her “one of the most vital voices in modern alternative culture” and Kerrang! declaring her work “typically spell-binding.”
Look for more news from A.A. Williams soon, including Solstice album art, track list and pre-order information.
A.A. Williams, live [tickets]:
May 09 Copenhagen, DK — A Colossal Weekend
May 23 Leipzig, DE — Wave Gotik Treffen
Jun 03 Gdansk, PL — Mystic Festival
Jun 06 Tampere, FI — Ankea Festival
Jun 13 Ferrara, IT — Ferrara Summer Festival ^
Jun 18 Zagreb, HR — SRC Salata ^
Jun 23 Tilburg, NL — 013 ^
Jun 24 Amsterdam, NL — AFAS Live ^
Aug 07 Jaromer, CZ — Brutal Assault
Aug 22 Bristol, UK — Arctangent Festival
Aug 29 Maastricht, NL — Pelagic Fest
^ with A Perfect Circle
